Trial date set for man accused in fatal Trace wreck

Cedric Coonrod charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Trial date set for man accused in fatal Trace wreck

Cedric Coonrod charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Updated: 3:30 PM CDT Oct 16, 2015

OXFORD, Miss. —

An Alabama man will go to trial next month to face charges he was responsible for a fatal wreck on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that Cedric Coonrod, 24, of Huntsville, Alabama, is charged with a one-count indictment of involuntary manslaughter. The trial is set to begin Nov. 30 at the federal courthouse in Aberdeen. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Sharion Aycock will preside.

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On July 3, Coonrod was driving his Chevrolet Tahoe on the Natchez Trace when he crossed the center line and collided head on with a Honda CRV. The driver of the Honda, Steve A. Foster, 62, of Braxton, died, and his wife was injured.